A tremendous show that will attract serious attention from the West End: Rehab – The Musical reviewed

Rehab: The Musical opens with a boyband star, Kid Pop, getting busted for possession of cocaine. The judge sentences him to a course of treatment at the Glade which he attends with great reluctance. Giving up marching powder is the last thing on his mind. ‘I said no to drugs but they just wouldn’t listen.’ His sharky agent, Malcolm Stone, wants to prolong Kid Pop’s notoriety by sending an undercover ‘addict’ to the Glade to spy on him and leak stories to the press. Stone hires a luscious sex bomb, Lucy, to take on the job, and it’s obvious that Kid Pop will seduce her and their affair will end in redemption for both parties.

Predictable enough, perhaps, but the couple’s journey is a joy to experience. Fabulous costumes and an array of ingenious set designs transform the stage into a series of court rooms, nightclubs, therapy suites and hospital clinics.